February 3, 2007
STARBUCKS IS A MILK SHOP:
Something to keep you warm: An award-winning McCoffee (Mackenzie Carpenter, February 03, 2007, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Think your Starbucks "double-mocha skim half-caf latte" is the tastiest thing in upscale coffee? Turns out the Golden Arches has it all over the Seattle-based java merchant.McDonald's beats out Starbucks for best-tasting brew, according to the March edition of Consumer Reports magazine.
A blind taste-test of coffee from the fast-food giant, which unveiled its own premium blend nearly a year ago, and coffee from Starbuck's, Burger King and Dunkin' Donuts had McDonald's restaurants leading the pack.
Plus, at $1.35 for a medium-size cup, McDonald's was the cheapest, not to mention "decent and moderately strong," with no flaws, according to Consumer Reports' trained tasters.
Plus Mickey D's has steak and egg bagels. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 3, 2007 8:54 AM
My Brewstation at home makes the best coffee. I haven't paid for coffee "on the outside" in over 10 years.
Posted by: Bartman at February 3, 2007 9:50 AMI prefer the coffee I make at home too and am usually disappointed when I order coffee out, although the skimmed milk latte at Panera's is drinkable if served in a real cup. IMO no coffee tastes good in a paper or Styrofoam cup.
Posted by: erp at February 3, 2007 10:00 AMI only buy the fancy coffee drinks at Starbucks, because I can't make them at home and you can't get them elsewhere around here (ah, white chocolate mocha — tasty). I don't think I have ever had a normal coffee there.
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at February 3, 2007 12:15 PMFresh-ground beans at home,and a drip maker. Plenty good enough. I'm drinking only decaffinated now, being in training for pistol competition, and I use the better grades of bean coffee, which still cost much less that a coffee shop, and as no worse in taste..
The difference caffine makes in steadiness is dramatic. If it changes nerve reaction and wobble in the hand that much we should blanch at what it does to the rest of the mind and body.
Posted by: Lou Gots at February 3, 2007 1:41 PMStarbucks uses a dark roast that tastes burnt IMHO. The Clown uses a light roast of Arabica beans, much better.
Posted by: Gideon at February 3, 2007 1:44 PMAll I know is that when I do a MickyD's run from cubicleland, I am inundated with requests for breakfast burritos, which are the perfect mid-morning excess. Their coffee has improved mightily this last year or so.
Posted by: Palmcroft at February 3, 2007 3:28 PM